Bottle-filling machine.



No. 784,234.' n PATBNTBD MAR. 7, 1905.

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BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE..

APPLICATION FILED OV. 7. 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented Maren f7, i905.

PATENT OFFICE.

'OTTO sELG, 0E NEW YORK", N. Y'.

BOTTLE-FILLING MAHINE.

sPEoIFICATIoN forming part of Letters patent No. 784,234, dated 'March7, 1905.

Application filed November 7, 1904. Serial No. 231,652.

To (LZZ whom, it may concern/:-

Be it known that I, O'rTo SELG, a citizen of the United States, residingin New York city,

(Brooklym) county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Bottle-Filling Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amachine for charg-l ing bottles with liquidsunder pressure in a slmple, quick, and economical manner.

The machine is particularly designed forjoining parts; Fig. 6, across-section on line 6 6, Fig. 5; and Fig. 7, a detailof thebottlesupporting base.

The letter a represents a box or case dif vided by rectangularpartitions et' t2 into a series of compartments a3, each adapted for thereception of the lower part of a bottle A. The case a is provided witharms @4,- which are fulcrumed at to a pair of standards b, thatconstitute a iiXed frame, so that the case t is reversible. To the casea is connected in manner hereinafter described a liller which locks thebottles A to the case a and also serves to convey the liquid into thebottles. The filler consists of a central transverse pipe c, into whichopen a number of parallel longitudinal pipes c', which are so Varrangedthat each pipe c'is located above a longitudinal row of bottles A. Thepipe c receives the beer or other liquid from a receptacle (not shown)by a flexible tube d, having cock d'.

Above each bottle A the pipes c' are provided with a threaded nipple c,engaged by the threaded upper end of the nozzle e, that may be readilyrotated by handles e to couple the nozzle to the nipple. Between nipplec2 and nozzle e a suitable packing e2 is interposed. The nozzle a has abore e3, which is enlarged at its vupper end to form a valve-chamber e".This chamber has a tapering base e5, which constitutes the lower seat ofa check-valve or drop-valve f, playing freely within valve chamber e*and adapted to be opened or closed by the reversal of case ct. Into theupper end of chamber e* project a number of radial iin? gers c, thatform an open seat for the valvef when the nozzle is reversed. centeredby its stem f', that projects into the nipple@f and also into the boree3. The stem f is grooved longitudinally at its top and bottom to forniducts f2, adapted for the flow of the liquid .along the stem. At itsbottom the Which the head of bottle A bears.

The valve f has a longitudinal bore and communicates with a vent-tubef3', made integral" with the valve and extendingabove and below thesame. fIhe lower section of the tube f3 passes through bore @3 toa pointslightly above the bottom of bottle A, Fig. 7. The upper. section oftube f3 passes through nipple c2 and pipe c into a stuflng-box c3 of thelatter.l Near its top the pipe f3 has a lateral openingf 1, which is'closed by the stuiing-box when the filler isV righted, Figs. 1 and 5,but projects beyond the stnHng-box and is consequently opened when thefiller is reversed, Fig. 2.

In orderto connect the filler to case a, the

'arms a* of the latter are provided With teeth a5 to constitute racks.These racks are embraced by yokes It, which are secured to the ends oftransverse pipe c: Within the Shanks of yokes /t is .journaled a shaftz', rotatable by handle c". Upon this shaft there is mounted within eachof the yokes /t a pinion 2, engaging rack a5. To one of the yokes 7L ispivoted at It a pawl It, that engages a ratchet-wheel 3, fast on shaftt'.

In use the empty bottles A are placed into case a while the latter isswung down, and then the filler is lowered upon the bottles by turninghandler," until a tight joint is formed between the bottle-headseand thepackingg,

The valve f is I nozzle e contains a flexible packing g, against 3, sothat consequently the bottles are als/of" locked 'to the case. The casea, together with the bottles and the filler, is now4 reversed, Fig. 2,which will cause the valves'f to open by descending upon the pinslQr'open valve- IOO seat The cock d being open, the beer or other liquidunder pressure will now ow through tube d, pipes c c, nipples c2, lowerducts f2, into chambers 6*, around valves f, and through upper ducts f2and bores c3 into bottles A. During this operation the air will escapethrough vent-tubesf3, Which are now open. After the bottles have beencharged the case is again righted, when the escape of beer from thenozzles e Will be prevented by the closing of the valves f against seatsc5. The pavvl h2 is now thrown out of engagement with ratchet-Wheel 3,and the iller is raised off the bottles. The latter are removed from thecase and are closed by Stoppers, when the operation is completed.

The frame c may be locked in either of its two positions in suitablemanner, such as by a pin insertedinto perforations b2 c of standardsband arms fc4, respectively.

1 prefer to seat the bottle A upon a flexible base Z, influenced by aspring Z and contained Within the compartment co3 of case a. These basespress the bottles against the washers g and compensate for slightirregularities in the heights of the bottles.

It will be seen that by the construction described the beer isautomatically admitted into the bottles and shut orf therefrom by thesimple reversal of case (L, Which causes the automatic opening orclosing of the drop-valves. In this Way all separate manipulations ofthe means 'for controlling the iioW of the beer are dispensed with.Further, in the old style of filling-machines the beer had to be carriedto a point directly above the bottom by means of a filling-pipe in orderto prevent foaming. These pipes Were apt to become soiled by the depositor' sediments and required frequent cleaning. lith my machine thevfoaming is prevented by directing the entering stream of beer in anupright direction into the lower end ot' the reversed bottle, so thatthe use ol the filling-pipes is avoided.

1. A bottle-fillingmachine provided with a reversible bottle-receivingcase, a liller` a nov,- zle on the filler having a valve-chamber` adrop-valve movable within said chamber by the reyersa-l of the case, andmeans for coupling thelillerto the case, substantially as specified.

2. A bottle-filling machine provided with a reversible bottle-receivingcase, a iiller, a noz- Zle on the filler having a valve-chamber, atubular drop-valve movable within said chamber by the reversal oi' thecase, a vent-pipe communicating with the bore of the valve and adaptedto be projected into the bottle, and means for coupling the liller tothe case, suhstantially as specilied.

3. A bottle-iilling machine provided with a reversible case having aseries ol compartments, a iiller composed of a series of parallel pipesand a connecting-pipe, nozzles having valve-chambers and projecting fromthe iiller, drop-valves movable within the chambers by the reversal ofthe case, and means for coupling the liller to the case, substantiallyas speciiied.

Signed by me at New York, (l\/lanhattan.) State of New York, this 31stday ol October, 1904.

OTT() SELG.

Witnesses:

FRANK v. BmnsnN, WILLIAM SCHULZ.

